topic:"Steinberg, Ida, 1884-1946" found 1 record - The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

Scope and Content: The Fonds consists of correspondence with Lily Rafman (nee Steinberg), her wedding notes, her journal pages, a number of legal documents, some newspaper clippings and stock certificates about Steinberg’s, and family photographs. There are three series present within the Fonds. Series I cover…

Collection: Steinberg/Rafman Family Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 5.0cm textual records ; 28 photographs

Scope and Content: The Fonds consists of correspondence with Lily Rafman (nee Steinberg), her wedding notes, her journal pages, a number of legal documents, some newspaper clippings and stock certificates about Steinberg’s, and family photographs. There are three series present within the Fonds. Series I covers Lily Rafman’s personal papers. It includes correspondence. Series II is in regards to Steinberg’s store. Series III contains photographs of both the Rafman and the Steinberg families.

Date: 1906-1990

Fonds No.: 1066

Storage Location: Bay 6; 6-4C

History / Biographical: Hyman Rafman The son of Max Rafman and Sarah Rabinovich, Hyman Rafman was born on November 20, 1906. On June 4, 1939, he married Lily Steinberg. He passed away on January 31, 1974. Lily Rafman (nee Steinberg) The daughter of Vilmos Sternberg (later known as William Steinberg) and Ida Roth, Lily Steinberg was born in 1909. As a child, she helped her mother run the family business (Steinberg’s Stores). In 1931, after her brother Sam had taken over the family business, she and her mother started up a small shop on Monkland Street in Montreal, where she worked and lived until her marriage in 1939. She and Hyman Rafman had four children, Sandra, Nancy, Marlene and Mark. Steinberg’s Ida Roth was born in 1884. In 1902, she married William Steinberg (an arranged marriage). They had six children: Jack (1903), Sam (1905), Nathan (1908), Lily (1909), Max (1912), and Morris (1914). On her own, Ida herself started a small grocery store in 1917 in order to provide for her family. It was on St. Lawrence Boulevard in Montreal, and was quite successful. All family members helped out around the store, but young Sam Steinberg quickly emerged as a retail prodigy. He began opening new stores around Montreal. In 1930, he incorporated the company, calling it “Steinberg’s Service Stores Ltd.” The first self-service outlet was opened in 1933, and a “Wholesale Grocereria” (offering limited service but drastically-discounted prices) opened its doors in 1934. There was a great expansion in the 1950s, where Steinberg’s opened up many outlets all over the province, not just in Montreal.

Custodial History: Donated by Sharon Steinberg (daughter of Jack Steinberg and Gertrude Dover) and Nancy Rafman (daughter of Hyman Rafman and Lily Steinberg).

Notes: All photographs entered in the JPL Photograph Database.

Subjects: Steinberg family; Steinberg Foods, Ltd.; Steinberg, Sam, 1905-1978; Washmor Frocks Co. (Montreal, Quebec); Steinberg, Ida, 1884-1946; Steinberg, Jack, 1903-; Steinberg, Max, 1912-; Steinberg, Nathan, 1908; Rafman family; Rafman, Lily (nee Steinberg); Textile industry; Trout Lake (Laurentians, Quebec)

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives